Centenary Book Sale Day!
I look forward to it all year: the Centenary Book Bazaar is by far the best book sale in Shreveport. If you’ve only been to the library’s, you’re missing out! My general rule is $20 and one ginormous bag, but rules are made to be broken, right? I was still too sick to enjoy last […]
2012 Book #14: East of Eden
I’m totally not hitting 50 books this year. So it goes. East of Eden took me about a month to read, but that’s not because it’s bad. It can be a wee bit slow, though. And it’s really long. It’s basically a Cain and Abel story set in California. I’m sure you can imagine what happens. […]
In the process of reading: East of Eden
John Steinbeck, in an interview with The Paris Review: I have never been a title man. I don’t give a damn what it is called. I would call it [East of Eden] Valley to the Sea, which is a quotation from absolutely nothing but has two great words and a direction. What do you think […]
2011 Book #33: O Pioneers!
I don’t really have much to say about O Pioneers! I generally enjoyed it, but it’s entirely forgettable. When I was in college, I reluctantly read My Antonia, also by Willa Cather, and thoroughly enjoyed it though I expected to hate it. O Pioneers! is the same type of novel – you know, pioneers and […]
2011 Book #32: Sweet Thursday
I’ve done it again! I waited too long to write this blog post, and I’ve forgotten what I want to talk about. I used to have a rule that after I finished a book, I had to write the blog post before I started a new one, but, at some point, that rule went out […]
2011 Book #30: Cannery Row
I waited too long to write this one, so I don’t have much to say. Cannery Row is a very short novelabout, well, Cannery Row in California around the Depression. It starts off with a description of the town’s grocery store owner and how he influences the community, then moves on to other characters, like […]
2011 Book #18: The Grapes of Wrath
I usually make myself write these blog posts within hours of finishing the book so I don’t forget what I want to say about them. Except I finished reading The Grapes of Wrath a couple of days ago, so I don’t have as much to talk about. I really loved this novel. It’s the most […]